quoted 11 lines On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Mark Kolmar pleaded:> On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Mark Kolmar pleaded:
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>> What's wrong with chaos in a techno/idm context? Flex your ears man!
>> Abandon the dance for a time, just sit back and let your head spin.
>> Sometimes nothing is more satisfying than struggling to grab onto some
>> kind of solid foundation. But that's just me.
>
> Right on. Why does all `good' electronica have to be either
> danceable (count those bpms boys and girls) or ambient? My favorite stuff
> are hyperactive weird-as-fuck songs I could NEVER see people dancing to or
> chilling out by. Break down those boring boundaries!
Uhm ... have either of you (Mark or Christopher) even *heard* the Download?
Having seen both Throbbing Gristle live as well as Masonna, and having bands
like Violent Onsen Geisha and Hanatarash lining my shelves, I think I'm more
than well versed in Chaos, thank you. There's organized Chaos - Jesus & Mary
Chain's "Psychocandy", for example - and there's meandering, aimless Chaos.
The early Download material contains aimless Chaos. There are songs which I'd
describe as nothing more than R2D2 gone mad. This isn't constructive ear
flexing boundary-breaking stuff, it's just randomness. I think I know the
difference by now.
- Greg